Odd factoids

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Mamils went extinct during the great Lycra famine. Some say it was a good thing.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Mamils went extinct during the great Lycra famine. Some say it was a good thing.

The first Mamil to die out was the woolly mamil, as Lycra overtook merino.

 

[raleighnut]

The world naked bike ride started in the late 90s during the height of the great Lycra famine. Now, every year, rides are held through the land, to commemorate those lost to cycling during that time.

The rides started out in Scotland as adult only rides, they were originally called 'Nay Kids' rides but the English misunderstood

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Of course world naked bike ride has its own anthem. The joke being that’s it called Frozen.

Let it go, let it go
Can't hold it back anymore
Let it go, let it go
Turn away and slam the door!

I don't care
What they're going to say
Let the storm rage on
The cold never bothered me anyway!

It's funny how some distance
Makes everything seem small
And the fears that once controlled me
Can't get to me at all!

It's time to see what I can do
To test the limits and break through
No right, no wrong, no rules for me I'm free!

Let it go, let it go
I am one with the wind and sky
Let it go, let it go
You'll never see me cry!

 

[PeteXXX]

"I'm free" was a camp utterance in a 70's sitcom.
Such phrases were banned by the EU in 2013

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Freddie Mercury was brought up in a dairy and spent his life as a frustrated cheesemaker.

He penned his famous "homage to fromage" in an attempt to escape back, titled "I want to make Brie", only to find it subverted by the rest of the band into the form known and loved by rock fans for decades.

 

[Drago]

Although henwas named Freddie Mercury, it was actually lead in his pencil.

 

[PeteXXX]

Lead Zeppelin became known as Led Zeppelin as the longer name wouldn't fit on the album cover.

 

[Drago]

The Hindenburg disaster was almost inevitable. The rising price of hydrogen had forced the operator to sustitute it with breeze blocks, which were much cheaper.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Lead Zeppelin became known as Led Zeppelin as the longer name wouldn't fit on the album cover.

The name relates to the early days of battery technology and the groups move to L.E.D.'s.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

The Hindenburg disaster was almost inevitable. The rising price of hydrogen had forced the operator to sustitute it with breeze blocks, which were much cheaper.

Presumably the breeze dropped and it plummeted.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The LED Zeppelin was able to fly due to being light. But it could only fly at night for about three hours before it’s batteries went.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Breeze blocks are made from old windmills. It’s why you’ll often comes across abandoned windmills with the sails missing.

 

[PeteXXX]

Windmills should never be tilted at.

 

[Drago]

Average windspeeds have dropped alarmingly with the steady demise of windmills.

Famous scientist, Dr Nigel Farage, has calculated that the last windmills will cease to be by 2028 and we will no longer have any wind at all,